2. what does me become (only) when youre giving an affirmative/positive command?

Short answer: in languages like Spanish, the pronoun me gets attached to the end of an affirmative (positive) command it becomes an enclitic that sticks onto the verb. In English, me doesnt change form, but its placement is still as the object of the imperative.

What that looks like in Spanish

Spanish is the typical context for this question because of how clitic pronouns behave. With affirmative commands you attach object pronouns to the end of the verb, forming one word:

• Dar Dame el libro. (Give me the book.)
• Decir Dmelo. (Tell me it / Tell it to me.)
• Hablar Hblame luego. (Talk to me later.)

By contrast, with negative commands the pronoun goes before the verb (proclitic):

• No me des el libro. (Dont give me the book.)
• No me lo digas. (Dont tell me it.)

Important note about accents

When you attach pronouns to an affirmative command you often change the words stress pattern. Spanish fixes this by adding an accent when needed. For example:

• Habla Hblame (accent added to keep the original stress)
• Dime Dmelo (accent keeps the stress on the same syllable)

So attaching me can create a new single word and sometimes requires an accent mark to preserve pronunciation.

What about English?

In English you dont change me. It stays the object form and follows the verb in an imperative:

• Give me the keys.
• Dont give me the keys.

English doesnt attach the pronoun to the verb the way Spanish does, so theres no enclitic change or accent issue.

Quick rule-of-thumb

If youre asking about Spanish: when the command is affirmative, me attaches to the end of the verb (dame, cuntame, treme); when the command is negative, me goes before the verb (no me des, no me cuentes). Also watch for accent marks when attaching pronouns.

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